CiviCRM version 6.3.0 is now ready to download. In fact, since we're a bit late on these notes, 6.3.1 is already out and we'd recommend you start there. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:
Users of the CiviCRM Extended Security Releases (ESR) do not need to upgrade. The current version of ESR is CiviCRM 5.81.x.
We are committed to keeping CiviCRM free and open, forever. We depend on your support to help make that happen. We thank all our partners, members and ESR subscribers, who are regular financial contributors. If you can, please donate.
What's new in CiviCRM 6.3
SearchKit (it's everywhere, seriously)
- Users can now filter by “log date” which is based on the scheduled jobs log. This allows you to filter data based on when a scheduled job was run.
- New spreadsheet-like editing capability when adding data in bulk, which can then be imported.
- Bug fixes that correct the use of the SearchKt “database entity” as available in a new search, and hiding non-viewable display types because, well, they shouldn’t be viewable.
- Links generated by the Entity Construction Kit should now appear in the dropdown of the “Add New” button.
FormBuilder or Afform (two names, same... errr... form builder)
- Users can now configure a confirmation message that is displayed post form submission.
- Users can now expect radio buttons that are “less ugly”.
Chartkit Improvements (visualizations for the win!)
- Users can now add a description to the chart display.
- Now supports multiple dimension columns and supports Heat Map chart type.
General Usability
- Now supports ISO 8601 standard for time formatting when importing data.
Bugs Squashed
We have a pretty long list of bug fixes that we’re not going to cover here but we’re already behind on getting these release notes out. We’ll try to include these in the future.
Credits
This release was developed and coordinated by the following amazing contributors:
AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin; Andy Burns; Artful Robot - Rich Lott; BrightMinded Ltd - Bradley Taylor; CiviCoop - Jaap Jansma; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts, Tim Otten, Benjamin W; Coop SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy, Samuel Vanhove, Shane Bill; Dave D; Erawat Chamanont; Freeform Solutions - Herb van den Dool; JMA Consulting - Monish Deb, Seamus Lee; Megaphone Technology Consulting - Jon Goldberg; MJW Consulting - Matthew Wire; Nicol Wistreich; Progressive Technology Project - Jamie McClelland; Skvare - Sunil Pawar; Third Sector Design - Kurund Jalmi; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton; Andy Clark; Blackfly Solutions - Alan Dixon; Circle Interactive - Angela Jackson; CiviDesk - Nicolas Ganivet; CompuCorp - Jamie Novick; Daniel Strum; New York State Senate - Nate Harris; Francesc Bassas i Bullich; Jens Schuppe; Lemniscus - Noah Miller; Lighthouse Consulting and Design - Brian Shaughnessy; Coop SymbioTIC - mmyriam; Peter-Reck; Skvare - Mark Hanna; Squiffle Consulting - Aidan Saunders; Systopia - Dominic Tubach; Tadpole Collective - Kevin Cristiano
New Extensions
- FormBuilder CiviRules - Adds "FormBuilder submission is added" and "FormBuilder submission is changed" triggers to CiviRules.
- Scheduled Reminder Preview - The com.skvare.reminderpreview extension is a tool developed by Skvare for CiviCRM, designed to enhance the management of scheduled reminders.
- Contact Categories - Provides a way to categorise contacts by a set of priority groupings; a contact only ever has one category, which is the most important one that applies.
- Shopping Cart - This is a work in progress extension to implement a customisable "Shopping Cart" that will allow you to add any "entity" to a cart and then purchase them all at once.
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